CVE-2015-8258: AXIS Communications products with firmware through 5.80.x allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files as root via vectors involving Open Script Editor…

PriorityP357high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNIHAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

8.76%

94.5th percentile

AXIS Communications products with firmware through 5.80.x allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files as root via vectors involving Open Script Editor, aka a "resource injection vulnerability."

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
axis	axis_communications_firmware	<= 5.80.3	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path/view/view.shtml↗

→Monitor HTTP requests to /view/view.shtml containing an 'imagePath' parameter with an external URL (http/https scheme pointing off-device), which indicates resource injection via the imagePath parameter. ↗
→Alert on access to the Open Script Editor path ('System Options' -> 'Advanced' -> 'Scripting') from unexpected or external source IPs, as it allows editing any file as root. ↗
→Detect AXIS device login attempts using default credentials, as exploitation of the Open Script Editor requires admin authentication which is trivially obtained on devices with default passwords. ↗

·The resource injection vulnerability was reportedly fixed in firmware 5.60, but was confirmed still present in 5.80.x across various product models — do not assume patched status based solely on version 5.60+. ↗
·The Open Script Editor is restricted to authenticated admins, but weak/default password policies mean this is not an effective barrier in practice. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.07.8HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

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